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A crowd of devotees streams through the entrance of a white building labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple, decorated with banana leaves and a hanging red bell. Many people wear white clothes, and several women wear white saris with coloured borders. A man in the foreground in a white shirt looks down at his phone. To the right, a black stone deity statue wears a striped garland. On the right wall, a blue and white poster shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, labelled with a Kannada name, alongside Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha contact details and phone numbers.

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Outdoor photo at the entrance of a white-walled temple labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with banana leaves and a garland strung over the doorway. A crowd of devotees moves toward the entrance, mostly in white clothes; a man at right in orange robes with a white forehead marking stands out, a woman in a yellow sari is at left, and a young man in white with a necklace is in the centre. A billboard at right shows a portrait of a man in an orange turban and robes beside Kannada text, and a black stone deity murti stands near the doorway. A camera crew with a video camera is visible at left.2010-02-12December 30 20072007-12-30January 01 20082008-01-01December 30 20072007-12-30A crowd of devotees gathers outside the Sri Anandeshwara Temple entrance during a festival procession. Many women in white saris stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, and one woman in a yellow sari and another in an orange sari stand nearby. A boy in a grey shawl holds an orange flag on a pole. A man in a white kurta with rudraksha mala and a tilak stands at right with hands folded, and a man in a white shirt stands beside him. Overhead a tall decorated flag pole with orange and colourful banners rises near the temple gate. Notice boards on the white wall show text and photographs.2008-12-23Outdoor evening scene in front of a white temple building with a banana-leaf doorway decoration and an entrance sign reading Nandeshwar temple. A woman in a cream sari with a green-and-gold border walks in the foreground, holding a water bottle and wearing a blue lanyard badge. Behind her, a long line of devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, saris in orange, pink, red and blue, and white ritual garments waits and stands with hands folded in namaste. A dark stone deity murti stands on the right near the temple wall, and a large banner on the wall shows a portrait and Kannada text reading Sarva Darshan. A bearded man in a white shirt stands at the left edge of the crowd.2010-02-12Outdoor crowd gathered in front of a white tented temple structure labelled Anandeshwara Temple, decorated with painted panels, banana plants and orange flags on poles. Many devotees in white clothes stand close together, some in saffron-orange garments near the entrance, and a young child is held on a woman's hip. A uniformed official in khaki stands among them, and a brass bowl sits on a table in the foreground. Several people in the centre appear to be moving toward the temple doorway amid a procession.2007-12-30March 22 20082008-03-22Outdoor photo of a crowd of devotees gathered before a white temple façade with a dark arched doorway flanked by green banana plants and a large golden trident (trishul) raised at left. A man in orange-saffron robes stands on the steps near a group of young men in white with yellow and orange sashes holding ceremonial staffs. Many people in white clothing and a woman in an orange patterned sari stand in the foreground with hands folded in devotion. A dark stone deity murti stands at left beside the steps. Hindi/Kannada signboards and a portrait of a saffron-robed figure appear on the temple wall.2010-02-12December 30 20072007-12-30Crowd of devotees gathered at the entrance of a temple labelled Sri Nithyananda Deshwara Temple in red lettering above the doorway. A tall figure in an orange-red turban and orange garment stands in the doorway area, holding a garland, while a man in white with an orange shawl stands nearby. Two ornate umbrellas with red, green and white panels and tassels are held over the entrance, and a large orange flag flies at left. Men in white dhotis and shirts, women in sarees and a girl in a patterned dress stand among the crowd. Painted panels on the walls show a deity figure and a woman in a pink saree. The scene looks like a temple procession or darshan.2007-12-30A photograph of a crowded outdoor festival scene in front of a white temple structure labelled Nanandeshwara Temple, with a bright blue sky overhead. Dense crowds of devotees in white clothes fill the foreground and steps, many with white shirts and dhotis, some women in saris. Tall saffron-orange flags with blue circular emblems rise on poles in the foreground. Banana plants and palm fronds frame the entrance, and decorated panels show a standing deity figure in pink and gold. At the centre a figure in orange-red robes stands near the entrance amid marigold-decorated floral arrangements and a small flag canopy. A large black metal bell or vessel sits in the lower centre beside white flowers.2007-12-30